RISB1956 - Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Order

Agaricales

Genus

Leucoagaricus

Host Classification

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Subfamily

Myrmicinae

Species

Atta cephalotes

Function

certain enzymes produced by symbiont may be particularly important in the initial degradation of foliar material for host

Digestive enzymes

Localization

Extracellular

Transmission Mode

Vertical

Supporting Reference

Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants

Aylward, FO; Khadempour, L; Tremmel, DM ... Burnum-Johnson, KE; Currie, CR

Journal: PLOS ONE
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0134752 (2015)

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Title Host Symbiont Authors Journal Year
Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants
Atta cephalotes
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
Aylward, FO; Khadempour, L; Tremmel, DM ... Burnum-Johnson, KE; Currie, CR
PLOS ONE
2015
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate
Acromyrmex echinatior
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
Kooij, PW; Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A; Hoffmann, D ... Boomsma, JJ; Schiott, M
The ISME Journal
2014
A metabolic pathway assembled by enzyme selection may support herbivory of leaf-cutter ants on plant starch
Atta sexdens
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
Bacci, M; Bueno, OC; Rodrigues, A ... Somera, AF; Silva, A
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
2013
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